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Jim Haas writes:
"Many thanks to Jeff Burke for the correction.
"When writing the piece my presumption was the since Sadat was the Prime Minster of Egypt, the script would be Egyptian, hence I searched for the correct spelling of the word in Egyptian. It never occurred to me that it would be Arabic and that there was a distinction.
"I did the same after seeing the correction and searched for the word in both Egyptian and Arabic. They appear to be the same."
Thank you. Language is a tricky aspect of numismatics.
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Today's Coin of Note newsletter highlighted a new video from Thompson's Coins in Australia about the massive commemorative banknote issued by the Philippines in 1998. Check it out. To subscribe, see
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"Today, Thompson's Coins shared a video with what was, in the 1990s, the largest banknote in the world. Issued by the Philippines in 1998 it is a 100,000 Piso note issued to mark the centenary of independence."